Trump Declines to Release List of His Visitors at Mar-a-Lago

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(09-16-2017, 07:23 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I would argue the President is always working and he claimed to be working every time he went there. Whether or not the residence is private doesn't change his role as a public official. Just my take.



This same group sued Obama and rightfully so. The link in the first post references it.





This shouldn't be a partisan issue. Transparency should be something everyone agrees on.  Like two of us said, there's a difference between a private citizen and a public official, which is why there, in my opinion, isn't any irony in a liberal group seeking this from the past two Presidents. 

This does open up a good debate though: Is the President ever a "private citizen" when in office?

Yeah, the group sued Bush and Obama, but still unsure that means that it's not ironic that a liberal group would strive to strip privacy. Seems something that a conservative group would push for. 

Obama eventually opened White House logs; unless, of course if,  they were personal guests and that did not include guests at his vacation location.

I suppose there is a solid debate to be had in discussing that what level of privacy POTUS is afforded